PULLMAN, Wash. (March 8, 2024) – Washington State starting pitcher allowed one run in six innings in a 7-1 Pac-12 Conference series-opening win over Utah at Bailey-Brayton Field Friday evening.
Taylor improved to 3-0 after scattering five hits, allowing just a first-inning solo home run and matched season-highs with five strikeouts in six innings. Four Cougars collected two hits led by centerfield who doubled twice, drove in the go-ahead run in the fourth and also stole a base. d and , the top two hitters of the lineup, each scored twice.
The Cougars (8-4) allowed a first-inning solo home run to Utah but evened things with a run in the third, scored the go-ahead run on a Swarts RBI-double in the fourth, added three in the fifth and pulled away with two more in the sixth inning.